Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades

Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades
Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades
ألوية أحفاد الرسول
	Official logo of the Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades
Leaders	Col. Ziad Haj Obaid (until September 2013); Saddam al-Jamal (until November 2013); Abu Mazin †;
Dates of operation	July 2012–early 2014
Active regions	Syria Idlib Governorate; Aleppo Governorate; Latakia Governorate; Raqqa Governorate; Hasakah Governorate; Rif Dimashq Governorate; Damascus Governorate; Daraa Governorate; Quneitra Governorate; Deir ez-Zor Governorate;
Ideology	Sunni Islamism Salafism (factions) Salafist jihadism (factions); ; Syrian nationalism (factions) Secularism (factions)
Size	7,000–9,000
Part of	Free Syrian Army Tajamu' Ansar al-Islam (2012-2013); Euphrates Islamic Liberation Front (2014)
Allies	Qatar; France (Allegedly); Kurdish Islamic Front (formerly); Ahrar ash-Sham; Al-Nusra Front (until August 2013); Ansar al-Islam; People's Protection Units (occasionally)
Opponents	Syria; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (since August 2013); Al-Nusra Front (since August 2013); Ahrar al-Sham (2013); People's Protection Units (2012–14)
Battles and wars	Syrian civil war Raqqa campaign (2012–13); Battle of Ras al-Ayn (2012–13); Rojava–Islamist conflict; 2013 Latakia offensive; Inter-rebel conflict during the Syrian Civil War;

The Ahfad al-Rasul Brigades (Arabic: ألوية أحفاد الرسول Al-wiat Aḥfād ar-Rasūl, "Grandsons of the Prophet Brigades") was a Syrian rebel group fighting against the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War. It was funded by the Qatari government.